BCM Overview: Notes

The Body Control Module (A) supplies vehicle occupants with visual and audible information and controls various vehicle functions.

To provide and receive information, the module is interfaced to the vehicle's CAN bus communications network.

Fig 1: Identifying Body Control Module

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The BCM provides the following features: 

• Door lock control
• Burglar alarm control
• Decayed room lamp control
• Tailgate open control
• Warning(Buzzer and indicator) control
• Wiper control (Front/Rear)
• Lamp control (Tail, Head Lamp, Fog lamp, Room lamp, Rear Fog lamp, DRL, SBL Etc.)
• Defroster control
• Burglar Alarm Horn control
• Panic control
• MTS control
• RPAS control